Genre Multi-genre Ends 2 October Organized by EB Games Australia | Begins 30 September Venue Sydney Showground | |
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Location(s) Sydney, New South Wales | ||
The EB Games Expo 2016, commonly known as simply EB Expo 2016, is an international video game and accessory trade show, which was at the Sydney Showground from 30 September through to 2 October 2016. Open to the general public, it was the sixth annual running of the EB Games Expo, organized by EB Games Australia. The expo featured upcoming and recently released games from nine publishers so far exhibiting at the expo, along with various companies that exhibited new technologies in video game accessories.
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Exhibition
Following an identical format to previous years, the 2016 edition of the EB Games Expo was open on two sessions on the Friday and Saturday of the expo, known as "daylight" and "twilight" sessions, and a single session on Sunday. Daylight sessions last six hours, from 9am to 3pm, while twilight sessions run for 5 hours from 4pm to 9pm; the Sunday session, designated as "family day", lasts eight hours.
The expo featured an "E-Sports Alley", touted as an e-sports competition venue for "kids, parents and pro e-athletes". Over 2,000 prizes, worth $10,000 in total, were given away in competitions held at the E-Sports Alley. Competitions for cosplayers were also held, as per tradition at the expo, with exclusive competitions and prizes, worth $5,000, available to those who purchased a "Ultimate Cosplayer Pass" ticket – a new ticket class introduced for the 2016 expo.
Entertainment
Non-gaming attractions at the 2016 edition of the EB Games Expo include the annual Lego exhibition, a "horror maze", movie vehicles, and the Zing Pop Culture and EB Games Megastore.
Exhibitors and games
Nine video game publishers have so far been confirmed as exhibitors at the EB Games Expo 2016, including Activision, Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation), Ubisoft and Microsoft Studios (Xbox). Electronic Arts, who have exhibited at the EB Games Expo since 2011, have not yet announced their intention to exhibit at the 2016 edition of the expo. PlayStation VR will make its second appearance at the expo, and will be its final appearance at the show before its scheduled commercial release in October 2016.